Tennis-Top seed Swiatek stunned by Kudermetova in Tokyo quarter-final

FILE PHOTO:Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 3, 2023 Russia's Veronika Kudermetova in action during her first round match against Estonia's Kaia Kanepi REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

(Reuters) - Iga Swiatek crashed to a 6-2 2-6 6-4 defeat by eighth seed Russian Veronika Kudermetova in the quarter-finals of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Friday.

The top seed, playing in her second match since a fourth-round defeat at the U.S. Open that saw her drop to number two in the world rankings, sprayed the errors around in the opening set as Kudermetova grabbed a double break before going 4-0 up.